Positive associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in the IGF2 gene region and body mass index in adult males

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1491-1501

  Gaunt, Tom R ^a   Cooper, Jacqueline A ^b   Miller, George J ^b   Day, Ian N M ^a   O'Dell, Sandra D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; SOMATOMEDIN; THYMINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTRON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0035394921     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.14.1491     Document Type: Article

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